List of terrorist incidents in 1986

Guidelines

• To be included, entries must be notable and described by a consensus of as "terrorism".
• List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under.
• Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties.
• Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately.
• Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus sign indicates that at least that many people have died – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
• If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
• Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
• In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:

  January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

November

December

• A bomb place on a bus in the West Bank kills one and severely injures three. A Jordanian Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta is arrested, extradited to Israel, convicted, sentenced to life in prison and freed by the Israeli Supreme Court. After the September 11 attacks, he was confused with ringleader Egyptian Mohamed Atta.